Mai Tai - History video

[pianoman74]

Well well. Had Wham! never existed, I'd go saying this is one of the best songs ever written. But as Wham! DID exist, I must say all the backing sound is a naughty rip-off of "Everything She Wants" just with a different melody put underneath. And if that was not enough, the VERY same sound and chord pattern was reused in 1987 by Robbie Nevil ("C'est La Vie")

[groovygraham]

We must have been having so much fun back in '85! Brilliant track :)

[64spenser]

I love this tune and 80's videos. These ladies just look like they are having so much fun who cares about choreography. Wicked upload. Video is a bonus...

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

Ah yes.......memories right there. Thanks for posting this! :-D

-BoomBoxDeluxe.

[derozedriehoek]

They are from my home town...Rotterdam Rocks!

[daniella8419]

this brings back such fantastic memories...thankyou for posting

[delbert567]

VERY VERY HARD TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RandomTJ]

I heard it on the radio a while ago and I love how the radio host said that he, liturally, danced the soles of at least one pair of Ecco Free shoes and a pair of cycling shoes too this song.

[Dmixx101]

thank u jasonfist been looking for this tune. This is why I love the web, u can find things your looking for with limited info, just type in what u have & eventually you will find it. This song had limited play on our local radio wtlc 105 back in the day. Guess it wasn't a mega hit but i loved it.

[flares]

I love 80s videos. They always seem like they're having a laugh no matter what band it is. I love the computer graphics behind them when they're dancing that look like flames. Its just so fanstastically 80s. It reminds me of early Kate Bush and the Jacksons. Go 80s.

[iamipula]

very good soung

[SARDONICmath]

I liked the part when they were pushing Prince around

[sailaway1966]

Ah, 1985!

[Fidius1967]

i was 18 when this came out lol.........pension and cheap bus fares are fast approaching :)

[tecnoborg75]

nice bassline, this is real funk!

[Oghar999]

HAHAHAHAHAAA! I've known this song for decades, Mai Tai is Dutch and so I'm I, but I NEVER knew they were in GTA. TRIBUTE!!!

PS: The castle is the Muiderslot near Amsterdam, be sure to visit! The forest is The Veluwe.

[kaspere007]

i remember being absolutely amazed at those greenscreens back in the day... lol

[micellooo]

Michael Grell war hier.

die musik habe ich 1983 im chap in kellinghusen gehört.

TOP! wir waren die baseball furies (ROTJACKEN)

[taskzulu]

love this song and vid!!!!!!!! fond summer memories

[hoss13um]

Fck GTA ...didnt even have computers when this dropped ..but this rocked the dancefloors

[enoxib]

@hoss13um I can understand why you must get sick of seeing GTA comments, but you've got to understand Rockstar has given our generation a showcase of amazing tunes from the decades before we were born which we've now come to love. You can't dismiss such a great achievement that easily even if it is a geeky way of hearing these tunes.

[aleyja100]

@hoss13um fuck you

[hoss13um]

@aleyja100 thx an fukk u 2

[jamessmedley82]

Like the dancing, love the song.

[hoss13um]

@jamessmedley82

yep no precision choreography back then ..if they didnt have the moves then no video but these girls from Guyana had what it took & still they move so beautifully just natural unlike these days

[jamessmedley82]

@hoss13um Oh, they're Guyanese? I wasn't aware Guyana was a former Dutch colony.

[sydnemarc]

First time I've seen this video. They've all got such beautiful hair. :)

[minutemanIV]

Go Whoopi !

[curlywine]

Boney M. dislike this

[delbert567]

Proper proper hard tune this!

Tek me back in a day dis hear me now!!!!!!

[k5tar2k8]

i love mai tai and smokin thai stick

[k5tar2k8]

love da tune 80s music rocks

[JawaRider1]

@k5tar2k8 So do I ! Golden ages !

[k5tar2k8]

top track

[k5tar2k8]

should have got to number 1 got my vote 4 sure

[k5tar2k8]

i love mai tai

[FromTheHeartOfMe]

You've made my day, many thanks. Liked & faved :D

[buddahblack777]

I love these simple eighties' videos as they concentrated on the talent of the singer(s) more than the glitz and glamor of the visuals. That is the problems with the modern videos of today. Heard this song for the first time on The Ballad of Gay Tony and completely fell in love with it ever since.

[macdog0000000]

i love the song but the video is odd

[KEYNSHAM4]

love this song but its shit!!!!!! lol

[Entropy161]

Vice City is, hands down, the BEST Radio Station in the Grand Theft Auto series...

[TheCaulfield1]

I remember dancing to this song on our caravan holidays in the local disco - I was 14 years old and I thought I was sooo coool in my pastel coloured clothes.

You have to dance to this tune - CAN'T STOP DANCING NOW!!!! WOOOOOOHHHH

[JoeAcid69]

Mmmhhh my dancing people.

This song was so good to dance in all Discos up and down the country!!!

So good...

[XxOlive57xX]

I was 3 years old when that song was released...Still cool, 25 years later...

Thanks to Rockstar for making me discover some 80's hits...I love that song...

[Dashland13]

I LOVED THIS SONG BACK IN THE DAY! Thanks for the video, I have NEVER seen it!!!

[MANFRINGINSIN]

this has been revived thanks to the dj robert skates on downtown radio belfast who uses it as background music for his downtown gold shows

[ohioplayer83]

GTA be re-energizing old school beats. They do a great job bringin out the forgotten hits. Great song

[SCOOTERBOY40029]

I remember i was8 dancing to this in my pants!

[DonMack279]

I bet they throw a mean Low kick

[MrKONDOR81]

This is a Classic beat!!!!

[andrewt008]

we used 2 think we were really cool dancin 2 this at the yoofi & school discos! in 85!

[MichaelvanT]

JA, Mai Tai....een formatie waar we echt trots op konden zijn. De 12 inch van dit nummer is ook te gek!! Dit is super!! Schiet lui als Gordon, Jantje Smit etc lekker richting de maan aub!!!

[brocoproder]

FUUUUUNKYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

[MrDosshell]

Vice City FM !!!

[76BLADERUNNER]

i love this station on Gay Tony hahahah.

[philbellgta]

Yeah man, that's why I'm here.

[ktrain2008]

this is a different version from the one that i have.

[flym41]

Back in the day....love it...was 16 and just started partying.

[iisslo]

que de souvenir merci

[philfromwest]

thanks, love this song, i remember it kind of,

[diz1233]

wtf ive got tbgot but i cant find radio station??

[Entropy161]

@diz1233 It's on the 'Vice City FM' Radio Station...

[diz1233]

i dont have vice city fm on gay tony WTF???

[Entropy161]

@diz1233 ...Then you must've downloaded Gay Tony--Vice City FM is only on the 'Episodes from Liberty City' Disc--It's one of three Bonus Radio Stations added as an incentive to buy the Disc (And as a replacement for all the Radio Stations from the original GTA IV that were taken out of the 'Episodes' Disc)...

[shitdamnmf]

Remember this from when I was a kid, loved it. Still do.

[hansol645]

GTA4 EFLC - Vice City FM :)

[13101988andoni]

lol...

[LikesToShootHisGun]

@hansol645 realy???

i love gta and yet i didnt know

[joschkas7]

me......yes

[AdmiralBirdseye]

So is she gonna burn the letters he was sending her or not? She doesn't actually say.

[joschkas7]

FUNK

[wattsapycost]

gr8 tune not sure about the choreography though lol

[BigLebowski2000]

I am Dutch and proud that this song made it to GTA IV The Ballad of Gay tony, lol :D :D :D

[Jodosendo]

Lol you are? I'm Dutch and NOT proud that this song made it to there. I would have prefered Karma Chameleon would go instead of this. XDXDXDXD

[BigLebowski2000]

You clearly don't understand irony, do you?

[Jodosendo]

Nee. XD

[BigLebowski2000]

What does NEE mean? lol ;-)

[Jodosendo]

Well if you were Dutch you would know. ;-)

[AdmiralBirdseye]

@Jodosendo I thought these girls were from Suriname in South America. I'm right ain't I? XD

[Jodosendo]

I don't think they are... Maybe their ancestors were but I'm pretty sure they're Dutch...

[ktrain2008]

@AdmiralBirdseye: They're from somewhere in Europe. I remember when this video came on New York Hot Tracks in 85 and the host said they were from Europe.

[valentijnh]

@ktrain2008 : Dutch...one of our best female groups of all time. IMHO.

Group is back but with 2 original members.

[ktrain2008]

@valentijnh Thanks! I always wondered what country they were actually from. (-:

[pamstess]

BEST DUTCH GIRL BAND EVER!

[DarylHall1984]

GTA !!!!!!!!!!

Rockstar gives us back the 80s again!!!

I CAN'T WAIT until I play this masterpiece with music out of the best decade! :D

Thanks to the guys at Rockstar Games!

[FelipeTruli]

VICE CITY FM

I CANT WAIT !!!!!!

[KIRBYofUNKO]

Grand Theft Auto:The Ballad of Gay Tony

on Vice City FM.

[razorback899]

@KIRBYofUNKO what year this song?

[88donja]

@KIRBYofUNKO You already know!!! Song ROCKS!

[Entropy161]

@88donja ...Yes, it does!

With songs like this, 'I Can't Wait,' 'Kayleigh,' 'Heart and Soul,' 'Find The Time' and others, Vice City FM may be the absolute BEST Radio Station in the series. It's definitely one of my favorites...

[clairelouise34]

Love this song!! Brings back good memories

[Rolo010]

Hans, wat doe je me aan joh!

[Drblooter99]

This great track never resolves to a I chord, and that's why it's so exciting, it never "lands" The chords go III, VI, II V, round and round, and the terrific vocal seems American, anything but Dutch. Nothing Eurotrash about it.

[Jodosendo]

@Drblooter99 Eurotrash? All white Americans are descendants of the Europeans. Like Americans are better anyways... And us Dutch people usually don't have an accent.

[Drblooter99]

I meant that the band does not sound like a European dance act. None of that Electro-beat and bad English. This is very polished soul-funk, and sounds as though it must come from USA. By the way I am Uk citizen not American.

[JMR83]

wot the fuk u on aboot?

[ontheairrr88]

OMG! I saw this video on VH1's 100 worst videos ever! the song is great tho!

[KEYNSHAM4]

What a load of shit GREAT STUFF!!!!!

[Naoisevl]

Love the Prince references in the video.

[monroeboy80]

The quality of this video is terrble te effects and the filming is not very high quality as the videos were know for that time in music. But this is an awesome radio song a song that you would turn up and get all excited when if came on the radio.

[blackcluck]

I agree, I heard it on radio 2 Thursday afternoon in the van, turned it right up, its a classic.

[JMR83]

This is a guilty pleasure classic! And an example of a dirt cheap video that is brilliant for that reason!

[13042125]

Loved it. Managed to get a copy at a soul weekender

[AUTORECOVERYUK]

Quality track from 1985 what a year that was. I was in my late teans loving every minute with my tight permed hair with high lites and a Ford Capri. How can anyone say music like this was crap. This is feel good catchy happy music. Unlike the gangster rap with drugs swearing and racist attitude of today. Great video

[cragger72]

fully agree mate an i was 14 when this was genius

[cragger72]

or should i say 12????? pause 4 the cause

[JMR83]

1985 was also the year of difficult events such as Heysel, Bradford fire and Dr.Who being put on hiatus.....

But I would still love to go back and remember the more fun aspects like this!

[StevieWasp]

Dr. Who was put on hiatus in 1989. You've got your dates mixed up or your memory's playing tricks, bud.

[JMR83]

Erm, there was the lengthy 18-month hiatus in 85/86 that led to a reduction in episodes that I was referring to, leading to an eventual demise in 1989.

[StevieWasp]

Okay, fair enough. My apologies.

[Entropy161]

...

'...Gangsta Rap' isn't racist, and never has been...

[AUTORECOVERYUK]

Well If gangster rap is not racist how come you hear the word "Nigger" or "white bitch" in nearly every song let alone all the drugs and guns they promote in their raps. Gangster rap is violent and is causing kids to live a life of crime trying to be like the gangster rap they listen to. If a gangster rapper was told not to swear mention violence or use racist chants they would be out of work. If gangster rap is not racist according to you then i would hate to hear one that is...

[Entropy161]

...You don't hear 'White bitch' in nearly every song. Stop lying trying to make a point. I agree with what you said about kids emulating what they hear, but that's it. And quit with the 'Every rapper says Nigga' bullshit--There are so-called 'Gangster Rappers' who don't curse in songs. Just admit that: 1) You don't like Hip-Hop & Rap music as a genre, and 2) That you don't know what you're talking about.

And since you wanna talk about racist music, why didn't you mention Death Metal?

[Sproutsaint]

always loved the bass on this

[trunzza]

Does the guy intentionally look like (TAFKA) Prince??

Anyway, I remember the best concert I attended in the 80s was his.

[shellspacebabe]

Great tune the 80's were not rubbish in certain quarters a lot of good stuff was happening. OK Thatcher and greed were rubbish but that was it!

[BlackMytilus]

..and the '80- ies are history too..... :-(

[philster61]

Wonder where they are now

[cragger72]

look i was a massive hiphop,soul,funk,house fanatic when this came out...and even tho it was a soul/chart tune..it still got played in the important clubs...so stop your bitchin and get on with the music bible,,,..seen

[utrechtsebredanaar]

Voor wie het niet wist. een meesterwerk, geproduceerd door Eric van Tijn!!

[uckadalma]

1985 Dance ....Princess and Mai Tai rules.....these sounds where so lovely and made me feel very happy. I'm sorry that Todays music will never reach this standard again .

[twq1976]

i dont think youtube allows website posting,my ciomments wont show when i post their website but it is mai tai 2008 . nl....look it up,its their official website

[jonblazeinc]

i was not arguing, i was just saying what other biographys of mai tai state where they are originally from. it would make sense if they was from surinam, but at the same time there is no reason why they could not have learnt dutch when leaving guyana for holland all those years ago..DOESNT MATTER anyway, they a class act and i seen there website yes its in dutch....my fave song is "what where when who" from the 1st album

[twq1976]

ok even their personal website in their own words didnt convince you...so jonny,here goes,you're right,i was wrong and mai tai group is wrong too about their own biography that they wrote themselves,because according to you they learnt dutch and are born in guyana....yep,you're right,sorry about everything:) have a good one :)

[twq1976]

btw try reading it ,its in dutch but it says"suriname"...omg how much more prove do u need,nowhere in their biograophy does it say guyana....i feel like im talking to president bush here or some dumb cowboy who refuses to learn

[jonblazeinc]

fuckin hell...did u not read my last post properly??? i said IT DOESNT MATTER! their website says surinam, all the others say guyana....does it fuckin matter that much to u? if it does u win! they from surinam!!! ur right, u win the GOLD MEDAL!!! i cudnt really give a fuck if they was from australia!! i said mai tai are still class!! the prove how right u think u are why dont u write to all the other websites to update their info to show surinam! i bet that will bring a HUGE smile to your face!

[pianoman74]

@jonblazeinc "What Where When Who"? Good point. As this would finally be an ORIGINAL song with no blatant similarity to others.

[brocanova]

song: titanic, video: ludicrous.

[jonblazeinc]

Havent seen this in YEARS!!!!!! i was 7 years old just finished infant school!, I wish I could go back to the 80s, best decade ever!!

[skeletorphd]

Come on lets not too carried away. The 80's was crap. Songs like this, Shalamar, etc were one of few saving graces.

[jonblazeinc]

i disagree the 80s were fantastic.. i just did not come on here to argue about where mai tai are from as its irrelevent to the great music

[jsidiropoulou]

completely disagree - the 80s was an excellent time to grow up in. Everything was fun! No 'depression' sufferers nor panic attack victims! Obesity was rare.

[skeletorphd]

Fair point, I have fond memories of the 80's despite having to put up with racist abuse at school and in the streets. Football was in its prime (Pat Jennings = Legend), community ties were tighter, snow over XMAS.

I just think of it in terms of popular culture and remember New Romantics and other weird fashions, Stock Atkin and Waterman putting the final nail in the coffin of proper musicians, hence music like this were a saving grace. If that makes sense.

[lowersaxonian07]

i grew up in the 80s and it was a terrific time!! to say `it was crap` makes me wonder if you already existed at that time or why you had such a bad time. generally considering music of an entire decade to be a good or bad one often is based on good or bad or no life experience at a specific time. and we had so much fun...so i still love the 80s!!

[porkisgood4u]

80s was not crap, today is... except for youtube... keeke

[JMR83]

Not as crap as the 90s

[miffy8827]

Another great disco song! Pity the video looks dated! It made me giggle!

[mappam]

I was 15 when I first heard this gem. Thousands of listens later, I still love it! Viva Mai Tai!

[jonkofied]

i grew up with this music,great memories '',)

[august8pm]

For Mai Tai completists out there (and I can't be the only one): this video version is a re-edit of the album and single versions. And it sounds slightly EQ'd, too.

[AUTORECOVERYUK]

Yet another classic 80's song thats blasting away out of my speakers. I only up graded to broadband so i could use you tube and re live my days of night clubbing in the 80's. The 80's rock and none of the modern yo gangster rap rip off rubbish comes close to this...

[DolceVita]

This video is so dreadful that its actually brilliant lol

[oyboy67]

Great hey. These girls are gorgeous to me, not like all the crap on nowadays. Barbie doll size 10's all made up to the hilt. Remember those days when we sent letters to each other. Great track, great days, alive in our hearts.

[croydel]

great tune' i watched them yesterday on top of the pop's 2' interesting to note they were from guyana'as i thought they were 'yanks',you cant beat the eighties music'.

[twq1976]

ur facts are a bit off,croydel,they are specifically from suriname and from dutch antilles

[jonblazeinc]

actually it was stated they were originally from Guyana not Surinam

[twq1976]

well jonny dunno where u read that and if u double checked it for errors before u came here to write it,but my mom knows the band personally and their descent is from suriname and also the islands of the dutch antilles,not guyana

[jonblazeinc]

well i checked some sites like allmusicguide and they say they are from guyana, u can look it up yourself, even watch the totp 2 video of history on here in youtube, says they are guyana's most successful group, so im sticking with that

[twq1976]

hmmm just posted a reply,didnt see it pop up but heres mai tais personal official website..its in dutch because they speak dutch but "born in suriname" says it all.....ok,im done educating u becoz int he end it doesnt matter really,doesnt cost me anything if u choose to still refuse the singers own words where they are from,so be it......by the way my fav song is "am i losing you forever"....check it out,its awesome

[chas1179]

our love is hi-sto-ry gonna burn the letters you were sendind me.

great song

[porkisgood4u]

wow not many people really knows this song, I'm glad to find people here do!

[MadOnLiving]

What A CLASSIC - Bring back great music like this from the 80's!!!!

[ToccodelDestino]

I was 10. I was probably playing soccer with some friend when I first heard this one, on the small radio we took with us.

[ELONut]

It seems that good music nowadays is His-to-ry

Loved the 80s!

[86pimp3]

Shouldn't this have been a big hit in America?

[only1moore]

@86pimp3 It was. "History" reached number 3 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Chart and number 58 on the Hot 100 Chart in 1985.

[sarlizmar]

Wow I've got this song on one of my C60s when I used to tape songs from the top 40 on a Sunday afternoon. My copy is full of interference including my Mum asking if I wanted a drink loudly from the bottom of the stairs!! Do you remember Rory Bremners take on 19 about cricket players? Jardine and bodyline. What memories. Thank you!

[cjp0349]

ALLRIGHT...another forgotten gem...used to do the HIS-TO-RY bit on the dance floor at the local club !! (he says cringing)

[chochief]

this jams. thanks for the post

[moondayglo]

Great 80s track. Thanks for sharing.

So looong ago! Where'd the time go?

[fleetinglance]

Exactly. Great music, Great Girls, Great weather, carefree days. Sadly 'History'.

[mccockers]

Summer 1985. Just finished O levels. Fab time! Loved this song!!!!!!!!!!!

[mjt1658]

reminds me of the good old days thank you

[wakeupdad]

brillant awsume 1985 track....i was in my prime

[wakeupdad]

great record and a great year 1985............

pity top of pops version not hear.

[londonprideafc]

Great 80's tune,just left school!

[stewarthird]

Bitch Power !!!!!!

[Delisle4]

Thanks for posting this great track!!! Music today is not as much fun as back in the 1980s.

[SiriosIX]

A great song with great memories attached to it. 85 was a magical year.

[chas1179]

OMG i remember this song was on now you see it album 1985